Why French politics and science don't mix - p275

doi:10.1038/nmat1132

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Towards biomimetic architecture - pp277 - 279

Hugh Aldersey-Williams

doi:10.1038/nmat1119

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Conductors, ink and blood - p280

doi:10.1038/nmat1130

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Nanoparticles: Spontaneous ligand organization - pp281 - 282

Paul V. Braun

doi:10.1038/nmat1125

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Microfluidics: A few good tricks - pp282 - 283

M. Allen Northrup

doi:10.1038/nmat1131

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Molecular filters: Pores within pores - pp284 - 285

Charles R. Martin and Zuzanna Siwy

doi:10.1038/nmat1124

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Molecular electronics: Back under control - pp286 - 287

Mark A. Reed

doi:10.1038/nmat1123

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Material witness: Heavy computing - p287

Philip Ball

doi:10.1038/nmat1126

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A negative surface energy for alumina - pp289 - 293

Zbigniew odziana, Nan-Yu Topsøe and Jens K. Nørskov

doi:10.1038/nmat1106

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Subject Categories: Surface and thin films | Computation, modelling and theory

Synthesis and characterization of a binary noble metal nitride - pp294 - 297

Eugene Gregoryanz, Chrystele Sanloup, M. Somayazulu, James Badro, Guillaume Fiquet, Ho-kwang Mao and Russell J. Hemley

doi:10.1038/nmat1115

First paragraph - Synthesis and characterization of a binary noble metal nitride | Full Text - Synthesis and characterization of a binary noble metal nitride | PDF (255 KB) - Synthesis and characterization of a binary noble metal nitride | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Structural materials | Design synthesis and processing

Thermal conductivity imaging at micrometre-scale resolution for combinatorial studies of materials - pp298 - 301

Scott Huxtable, David G. Cahill, Vincent Fauconnier, Jeffrey O. White and Ji-Cheng Zhao

doi:10.1038/nmat1114

First paragraph - Thermal conductivity imaging at micrometre-scale resolution for combinatorial studies of materials | Full Text - Thermal conductivity imaging at micrometre-scale resolution for combinatorial studies of materials | PDF (307 KB) - Thermal conductivity imaging at micrometre-scale resolution for combinatorial studies of materials

Subject Category: Characterisation and analytical techniques

Hierarchical nanoparticle assemblies formed by decorating breath figures - pp302 - 306

Alexander Böker, Yao Lin, Kristen Chiapperini, Reina Horowitz, Mike Thompson, Vincent Carreon, Ting Xu, Clarissa Abetz, Habib Skaff, A. D. Dinsmore, Todd Emrick and Thomas P. Russell

doi:10.1038/nmat1110

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Subject Categories: Nanoscale materials | Design synthesis and processing

Fast liquid-crystal elastomer swims into the dark - pp307 - 310

Miguel Camacho-Lopez, Heino Finkelmann, Peter Palffy-Muhoray and Michael Shelley

doi:10.1038/nmat1118

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Subject Categories: Liquid crystals | Polymers | Optical, photonic and optoelectronic materials | Mechanical properties

Biocide squirting from an elastomeric tri-layer film - pp311 - 315

Philippe Sonntag, Pierre Hoerner, André Cheymol, Gilles Argy, Gérard Riess and Günter Reiter

doi:10.1038/nmat1113

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Subject Categories: Polymers | Biomedical materials | Design synthesis and processing

Control of carrier density by self-assembled monolayers in organic field-effect transistors - pp317 - 322

S. Kobayashi, T. Nishikawa, T. Takenobu, S. Mori, T. Shimoda, T. Mitani, H. Shimotani, N. Yoshimoto, S. Ogawa and Y. Iwasa

doi:10.1038/nmat1105

Abstract - Control of carrier density by self-assembled monolayers in organic field-effect transistors | Full Text - Control of carrier density by self-assembled monolayers in organic field-effect transistors | PDF (354 KB) - Control of carrier density by self-assembled monolayers in organic field-effect transistors | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Polymers | Electronic materials | Molecular electronics

Thin organic films by atmospheric-pressure ion deposition - pp323 - 329

Robert Saf, Marian Goriup, Thomas Steindl, Thomas E. Hamedinger, Daniel Sandholzer and Gertraude Hayn

doi:10.1038/nmat1117

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Subject Categories: Polymers | Electronic materials | Optical, photonic and optoelectronic materials

Spontaneous assembly of subnanometre-ordered domains in the ligand shell of monolayer-protected nanoparticles - pp330 - 336

Alicia M. Jackson, Jacob W. Myerson and Francesco Stellacci

doi:10.1038/nmat1116

Abstract - Spontaneous assembly of subnanometre-ordered domains in the ligand shell of monolayer-protected nanoparticles | Full Text - Spontaneous assembly of subnanometre-ordered domains in the ligand shell of monolayer-protected nanoparticles | PDF (862 KB) - Spontaneous assembly of subnanometre-ordered domains in the ligand shell of monolayer-protected nanoparticles | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Metals and alloys | Nanoscale materials

Self-assembly of a silica–surfactant nanocomposite in a porous alumina membrane - pp337 - 341

Akira Yamaguchi, Fumiaki Uejo, Takashi Yoda, Tatsuya Uchida, Yoshihiko Tanamura, Tomohisa Yamashita and Norio Teramae

doi:10.1038/nmat1107

Abstract - Self-assembly of a silica-surfactant nanocomposite in a porous alumina membrane | Full Text - Self-assembly of a silica–surfactant nanocomposite in a porous alumina membrane | PDF (339 KB) - Self-assembly of a silica–surfactant nanocomposite in a porous alumina membrane | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Composites | Catalytic materials | Nanoscale materials | Porous materials

A dual-gas cryostat and an imaging ellipsometer - p342

doi:10.1038/nmat1139

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